Tuesday 19 May 2009

IMO Recognises Deteriorating Somali Situation


(European Press Association)

The deputy director of Maritime Security and Facilitation at the International Maritime Organization, Nicolaos Charalambous, recognised the severity of the Somali/Gulf of Aden in a speech given at the Kuala Lumpur International Conference on Piracy and Crimes At Sea yesterday.

"The situation is a symptom of a wider problem of lack of (a functioning and effective central) government and the rule of law, both ashore in Somalia and the sea (of Somalia".

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